ACT Fire and Rescue

{{Short description|The urban Fire and Rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory.}}

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{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = A.C.T. Fire and Rescue

|logo = ACT Fire and Rescue logo.svg

|logo_width = 120 px

|logo_caption = ACT Fire Brigade Emblem

|formed = 1913{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.act.gov.au/ESAWebsite/content_actfb/about_us/history_of_fb/history.html|title=ACT Fire Brigade - History|accessdate=3 April 2005}}

|preceding1 =

|dissolved =

|superseding =

|jurisdiction = Government of the Australian Capital Territory

|employees = 330

|budget =

|chief1_name = Mr Matthew Mavity

|chief1_position = Chief Officer

|parent_agency = ACT Emergency Services Agency

|child1_agency =

|website = [http://esa.act.gov.au/actfr/ www.esa.act.gov.au/actfr]

|footnotes =

}}

The ACT Fire and Rescue previously known as ACT Fire Brigade. Is the urban Fire and Rescue service for the Australian Capital Territory. It along with the ACT Ambulance Service, ACT State Emergency Service and ACT Rural Fire Service are part of the Australian Capital Territory Emergency Services Agency (formerly the ACT Emergency Services Authority).

By 2011 the ACT Fire and Rescue maintained nine stations with more than 330 staff operating 34 apparatus.{{cite web|url=http://esa.act.gov.au/actfr/about/history/|title=History|date=17 December 2013|accessdate=3 April 2015|publisher= ACT Emergency Services Agency}}

Fire Stations/Apparatus

File:Belconnen Fire Station.jpg Fire Station, which operated until 2016.]]

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! Station #

! Station Name

! Address

! Apparatus

1Fyshwick1 Dalby St, Fyshwick ACT 2609P1, WT13, HAZ20, L35, T40, T41
2Ainslie34 Wakefield Ave, Ainslie ACT 2602P2, BA27
3Phillip37 Altree Ct, Phillip ACT 2606RP3
4Belconnen/ ArandaBardi Pl, Macquarie ACT 2614RP4, A31
5Kambah500 Sulwood Dr, Kambah ACT 2902P5, LU51, WT53
6West Belconnen/ CharnwoodLhotsky St, Charnwood ACT 2615P6, LU61, WT63
7Chisholm6 Benham St, Chisholm ACT 2905RP7, R48, R49
8South TuggeranongTharwa Dr, Conder ACT 2906P8, C82, C88
9Gungahlin31 Anthony Rolfe Ave, Gungahlin ACT 2912P9, C92, C98

Fire Apparatus Glossary/(Callsigns)

  • Pumper: (P1/P2/P5/P6/P8/P9)
  • Heavy Rescue Pumper: (RP3/RP4/RP7)
  • Hazmat Response Vehicle: (HAZ20)
  • Breathing Apparatus Support Vehicle: (BA27)
  • Rosenbauer B42 Platform: (A30)
  • Logistics Vehicle: (B35)
  • Platform on Demand Truck: (T40/T41)
  • Vertical Rescue Vehicle: (R48)
  • Remote Area Road Rescue Vehicle: (R49)
  • CAFS Light Tanker: C82/C92
  • CAFS Heavy Tanker: C88/C98
  • Commander: (CMDR1/CMDR2/CMDR3)
  • Confined Space Rescue Trailer (CSRtr)
  • Bobcat (T190)
  • Light Brush Tanker: (LU51/LU61)
  • Heavy Tanker (W13/W53/W63)

Pods:

  • Breathing Apparatus Support (BAS)
  • Breathing Apparatus Accountability & Command (CMD)
  • General Purpose (GP)
  • Mass Decontamination Support (MDS)
  • Rapid Decontamination Support (RDS)
  • Rehabilitation (RHB)
  • Salvage & Ventilation (S/V)
  • Technical Rescue Support (TRS)
  • Tilt Tray (TT)
  • Urban Search & Rescue 1 (USAR1)
  • Urban Search & Rescue 2 (USAR2)
  • Welfare Support (WFS)

File:ACTFR-B4-1024px.jpg|Heavy Rescue Pumper - B4

File:ACT Fire and Rescue Scania P320 fire engine on Mort Street September 2022 (cropped).jpg|Scania P320 Heavy Pumper

File:ACT Fire and Rescue Rosenbauer B42 on Bunda Street August 2022.jpg|Scania appliance with a Rosenbauer Hydraulic Platform

File:ACTFB tankers.jpg|Hino Heavy Tankers

File:ACTFB CAFS-C98-a.jpg|Volvo FM9 CAFS Tanker - C70

File:ACT Fire and Rescue command truck September 2017.jpg|Scania P 380 Pod truck

File:ACT Fire Brigade B20 HAZMAT Response vehicle.jpg|HazMat Response

See also

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